| haplorchis popelkae n. sp. (digenea: heterophyidae) from short-necked turtles (chelidae) in northern australia. | haplorchis popelkae n. sp. is described from the intestine of the short-necked turtles elseya dentata and emydura victoriae in northern territory, australia. this slipper-shaped heterophyid digenean differs from the 9 previously known species of haplorchis in its larger overall size, a forebody that is wider than the hindbody, comparatively short ceca, and a ventral sucker that is less heavily spined than in many other species in the genus. this is the first report of haplorchis in turtles. | 2009 | 19245279 |
| neosychnocotyle maggiae, n. gen., n. sp. (platyhelminthes: aspidogastrea) from freshwater turtles in northern australia. | neosychnocotyle maggiae, n. gen., n. sp., (aspidogastrea) is described from the pig-nosed turtle, carettochelys insculpta, and reported from the victoria river red-faced turtle, emydura victoriae, all from the daly river, northern territory, australia. neosychnocotyle n. gen. is differentiated from all aspidogastrean genera but one by the absence of a cirrus sac. the similar sychnocotyle also lacks a cirrus sac, but neosychnocotyle n. gen. differs from the former genus by possessing a narrow, ta ... | 2007 | 17539425 |